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Newspaper
Miniota Herald
Location
Miniota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jan 07, 1931
Page
3
Calgary reports Prime Minister R. B. Bennett delivers New Year address urging unity as nations and individuals meet economic hardship with determination. He cites Canada's resources and calls for peace, global cooperation, and equitable domestic burdens to guide future progress.
George H. Williams of United Farmers of Canada Saskatchewan outlines move toward a 100 percent selling pool for Western farmers. He cites Italy France Germany Russia and Poland pushing toward centralized sales and notes New Zealand and Australia trends. He says voluntary pools now could become a democratic 100 percent legislative pool for prairie farmers.
Ottawa report from the Canadian Ayrshire Breeders' Association praises the Royal Winter Fair as a premier showroom for Ayrshire breeders and a top market venue. It details breed successes and highlights the fair's role in promoting Ayrshire cattle.
The Governor General and Viscountess Willingdon will depart Ottawa January 14 by special train to Saint John where they will board the Montclair for England and then proceed to India with accompanying officials and Mrs. Mieville. Their last Ottawa function was the levee in the senate chamber on New Year’s Day.
Rt Hon Stan ley Baldwin voices a cheer ful political New Year wish for 1931 urging the present government end swiftly. He outlines Conservative plans including an emergency tariff to shield manufacturers a guaranteed price and market for British wheat and a scheme to develop Empire trade. He predicts an election soon and pledges an immediate start on national recovery policies.
An emergency meeting of Hudsons Bay Company shareholders is set for January 16 to review a special committee report covering the past five months. The Daily Herald notes little prospect for dividends on both preference and common shares for some time. The Financial Times highlights a proposal to create a Canadian-registered company to own Canadian stores and also notes the committee's recommendation to reduce the number of directors.
Ottawa briefs report the Canadian Farm Loan Board will disburse nearly 7,000,000 in loans to farmers in six provinces by March 31, the close of its first two years. Average loan exceeds 2,000 dollars with 4,428,000 loaned to September backed by land and building securities valued around 16,000,000.
Four candidates were nominated in Edmonton Alberta for the vacant provincial legislature seat left by the death of Colonel C Y Weaver. The field includes Colonel F C Jamieson Conservative Captain J C Bowden Liberal Elmer Roper Labor and Jan Lakeman Communist.
S J Hungerford vice president in charge of operation and construction denied that Canadian National Railways contemplates any immediate new construction work at its Port Arthur lake terminus. The statement clarifies the railway's position and aims to halt speculation.
Premier Bennett addresses about 8000 in Regina outlining plans for immediate relief to Canadian farmers and the creation of a private Farm Finance Corporation. Shareholders would include banks, transportation firms, and insurers to provide revolving loans for mixed farming expansion and market stabilization.
The Canadian government aims to expand grain exports to the Orient with France promising to buy a substantial amount of wheat. Bennett notes a historic guarantee and potential purchases may exceed 20 million bushels this grain year. Aimed at lowering freight rates, the plan includes Hudson Bay Railway work and broader transportation reforms.
Canberra representative of the Sydney Sun reports Hon. Parker Moloney minister of markets has cut short his Canada visit and will return to Australia to attend party meetings before the new parliamentary session opens. The session is anticipated as the most important in Labor prime minister James Scullin’s history.
Capt E J A Burke was buried December 29 in a small local graveyard beside fellow northland pioneers. He died November 28 from exhaustion and starvation after being lost with two companions in the Liard River district, ending a long northern ordeal that had engaged many outside readers.
An ambitious Toronto project announced by Prof. C A Chant plans a world class observatory to be built as a memorial to David Dunlap. Funded by Mrs D A Dunlap and son D Moffat Dunlap, the David Dunlap Observatory will house a 74 inch reflecting telescope, rivaling Mount Wilson in aperture.
Chief Justice Greenshields delivers an automobile accident judgment affirming pedestrians have right of way on public roads. He states that vehicles have no inherent superiority and that pedestrians may use the highway as allowed by municipal laws.
The United Farmers of Manitoba mobilize to petition Ottawa for fair freight rates on Hudson Bay routes. They seek lower ocean rates via Churchill and removal of high marine insurance costs, warning powerful eastern interests will oppose any rate cuts. The move aims to boost prairie prosperity by aligning Churchill port rates with Crow’s Nest and Montreal baselines.
London announces four new peers and multiple honors in the New Year list. Hon. Sir George Perley receives privy councillorship for his acting prime minister role in Canada during Premier Bennett's absence. Other appointees include Sir John Hindley, Sir Ernest Lamb, Sir William Plender, and Sir Ernest Rutherford. Baronetcies go to Sir John Rose, Ernest Ridley Debenham, Sir Richard Aranam Gregory, Sir George Ernest May, and Sir George Roberts.
Comrades from the airship R-100 accompanied Granville Watts to his funeral in London. Watts declined joining the R-101 crew for its ill fated India voyage. He previously served on the R-32 and R-100 during notable incidents and was recently fatally injured in a motorcycle crash.
Captain E A Baker of the Canadian National Institute for the Blind announced arrangements with the Famous Players Canadian Corporation to admit blind people and sighted escorts free to all theatres operated by the company across Canada.
In Alberta near Lethbridge a thousand acre Smith farm reported December 30 with three combines busy since August. Grain harvested is dry, fairly good colored, and averaging about 30 bushels per acre.
Malone florist Walter W. Jarvis, 66, and David Knight, 65, were stranded on the Canadian plains 37 years ago. Jarvis lent Knight 50 to reach Montreal. They later separated, and Knight returned to settle the debt by walking into Jarvis’s shop.
The Ontario town of Hespeler announced no opposition to L. E. Waver for mayor as nominations closed, continuing a 30 year pattern. All other municipal offices were filled by acclamation.
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